Covid-19 vaccination for school students at 8 centres from tomorrow: DGHS
The campaign to vaccinate school students -- aged 12 to 17 -- will start from tomorrow at eight centres, instead of 12, due to lack of adequate facilities.
Md Shamsul Haque, line director of DGHS and member secretary of Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment Committee, confirmed the development today at a virtual health bulletin organised by DGHS.
The eight Dhaka schools where Covid-19 vaccine will be provided are: Hurdco International School, Southpoint School and College, Chittagong Grammar School, Ideal School and College, Mirpur Commerce School and College, Kakoli High School and College, South Breeze School, and Scholastica School in Mirpur.
In each centre, 25 booths have been set up. Pfizer vaccine will be given to school students.
Shamsul Haque also said that the eight selected schools will be able to vaccinate both their own students and registered students of other schools in the vicinity.
"Every day, we hope to vaccinate 4,000-5,000 children," he added.
The vaccination campaign will start tomorrow from 9:30am at Ideal School and College in Motijheel.
"Earlier, we vaccinated 120 children in Manikganj during a trial. None of them had any problem," he said.
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